Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.
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How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.
You can view the full legal cards list.
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How do I find or brew a decklist?
Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.
The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.
Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere
View the full legal cards list
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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?
To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.
To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.
You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.
To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.
Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.
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We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.
They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.
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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.
Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.
Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.
The next rotation is in 5 weeks, 4 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 621 | 945–1016 | 48.2 | 10 | 60 | 19 |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 18 | 20–24 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Demonic Rising | 8 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 11 | 21–17 | 55.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dimir Control | 20 | 23–34 | 40.4 | |||
| Azorius Control | 57 | 75–94 | 44.4 | 2 | 7 | |
| Turbo Fog | 6 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 15 | 32–18 | 64.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mardu Control | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Mill | 25 | 20–45 | 30.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 16 | 14–32 | 30.4 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Blackpost | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 4 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Grixis Control | 12 | 18–26 | 40.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cruel Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Stax | 21 | 33–35 | 48.5 | |||
| Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Control | 8 | 7–19 | 26.9 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 15 | 10–28 | 26.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ponza | 22 | 28–47 | 37.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Control | 82 | 145–110 | 56.9 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Life is Ez | 17 | 24–18 | 57.1 | 2 | ||
| Cycling Control | 15 | 26–24 | 52.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Astral Slide | 15 | 26–24 | 52.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Five Color Control | 8 | 9–19 | 32.1 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 7 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |||
| Shrines | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 12 | 11–26 | 29.7 | |||
| Pox | 46 | 47–83 | 36.2 | 1 | ||
| Enchantments Control | 59 | 130–66 | 66.3 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| Orzhov Control | 77 | 157–140 | 52.9 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Prison | 57 | 98–81 | 54.7 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Enchantress | 48 | 79–71 | 52.7 | 0 | 3 | 3 |